The forest, the hunt and bold leadership

The forest, hunting and bold leadership I grew up in a forest. That's true, because my parents had a campsite. Yet for years I had no interest in a forest. All that greenery, quite beautiful. But ultimately nothing more than an oxygen production company or...

The refrigerator and your high-level job

The Refrigerator and Your High-Level Job Are you a CEO? Or a CFO or a COO? Or any other C-level function? I’m curious to know what your job has done to you over the past – let’s say – two years. Maybe you’ve managed some really exciting projects. Some of those...

You don't build a cathedral in one day

A generation currently lives for about 85 years. My own mother, now 91, brings the average up and it looks like she won't be leaving us anytime soon. I thought of that when I read that building a cathedral in previous centuries also took about a...

Dealing with your email. Part 2

The greater the demands that willpower makes on you, the more powerfully the chains of habit rattle. They are not exceptional; men and women who check their e-mail boxes 36 times an hour during their commercial time*. *Note that the hours with the greatest commercial...

Are TV Commercials Dying?

How is it possible that companies still invest tons of euros in TV commercials while the public simultaneously grumbles and complains about those same commercials? Simple; because TV advertising still pays off. Advertisers use 'old-fashioned' television to get a...